Day 8: Horse Riding

Iceland horses are very cute and have 5 distinct gaits (步法) instead of the normal 3. And I was riding one today. In fact, it’s my first time riding a horse. I would say it is a pretty cool experience as the horse gal-lop up and down over the mountains and across the stream. But as it goes faster, it was pretty uncomfortable (because it would then turn bumpy). I wonder how the horse riders can manage to stay on the horse at such high speed. The horses are very intelligent and well trained to follow instructions (they actually remember the route).

Me on Icelandic Horse

Icelandic Horse Close-up

Black sheep in the barn

There aren’t many scenic spots on the Western part of Iceland and therefore, the rest of the day was mainly traveling to our next hotel and heading back to Reykjavík.